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...o citizens and emergency managers when floodwaters threaten homes and critical community infrastructure. And when the streams show up red, it's helpful for local water managers to be able to adjust their supply sources and to operate dams and reservoirs to greatest efficiency. Butch Kinerney ( bkinerney@usg...Researchers isolate key part of cells death signals
...lling off cells that have become damaged and which threaten to grow out of control to form tumors. Certain infection-fighting immune cells also are marked for apoptotic death after a brief active life so that they don't turn their weapons on the body's normal cells. A "family" of apoptosis-regulating protein...Study backs theory that accumulating mutations of 'quiet' genes foster aging
...slowed by targeting genes that are quiet early but threaten damage later in life has gotten a boost from new findings from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The researchers don't promote such tinkering in their paper, which appears online this week in advance of publication by the Proceedings of...Too many turtles may end up as roadkill
...the contiguous U.S. The results suggest that roads threaten both land turtles and large pond turtles: in many regions more than 5% of these turtles are likely to die while crossing roads, which is more than the populations can sustain. Other studies have shown that most turtle species cannot withstand death r...Hatchery salmon may endanger wild cousins
...ad do not affect wild steelhead, but that they may threaten wild chinook. "We observed a strong negative association between releases of hatchery steelhead and smolt-to-adult survival of wild chinook salmon," say Levin and Williams. Specifically, when hatchery releases doubled, the smolt-to-adult survival of ...'Scientific balancing act' dominates AAAS top ten list of science policy stories for 2002
...ated civil unrest in developing regions eventually threaten the stability and prosperity of other regions, too. 4) EURO-SCIENCE FOR THE COMMON GOOD: Imagine a common market for research and innovation throughout Europe--a kind of scientific equivalent to the region-wide market for goods and services. With...Expressing strong concern at human cloning reports, AAAS cautions against overreaction
...company, affiliated with the Ralian Movement, also threaten to trigger a political backlash against promising scientific efforts to develop therapies based on nuclear transplantation methods, noted Albert H. Teich, head of the AAAS Directorate for Science and Policy Programs. "A knee-jerk reaction to Clonaid'...Amazon wildfires contribute to carbon problem
...will take on further significance as El Nio events threaten to become increasingly frequent and severe," he continued. The research is published in the January issue of Ecology Letters....Evidence for orangutan culture
...n the forests of Sumatra and Borneo could not only threaten further research into the earliest origins of culture, but continue the dangerous decline in orangutan populations. In an article in the Jan. 3, 2003, Science, the scientists presented evidence for cultural transmission of 24 behaviors. These inclu...Center for Health Law and Policy presents program on bioterrorism measures and civil liberties
...plans to ensure the public health of U.S. citizens threaten our civil liberties? Just how sweeping should the states' powers be during a health crisis? On Thursday, January 30, Brooklyn Law School's Center for Health Law and Policy will host a forum in which Professor Lawrence Gostin and Barry Steinhardt, Es...Study finds controlling phosphorus pollution in wetlands more important than believed
...hey can cause algae blooms and fish kills that can threaten critical seafood nursery areas. Managers have emphasized controlling nitrogen because that nutrient can lead to highly visible algae "blooms" in estuaries, which can turn the water green, Sundareshwar said in an interview. "People tend to be driven b...Forest fragmentation may increase lyme disease risk
... in your backyard may boost your spirits but could threaten your health. New research shows that small forest fragments in New York have more Lyme disease-carrying ticks, which could increase peoples' risk of the disease. "These results suggest that...habitat fragmentation can influence human health,"say Feli...Young plant's natural defenses amount to more than just its seed
...rought, wind, ice and other harsh conditions would threaten its well-being were it not for the shelter of its seed. Consequently, the decision to shed this weatherproof coat in order to begin to grow is perhaps the most critical a plant will ever make: once it stretches its fragile stem up toward the sky, th...The war against anti-aging medicine
...ence of pseudoscientific anti-aging medicine could threaten the status and funding of their own research. Through their attack on anti-aging medicine, however, they may be shooting themselves in the foot. Binstock's analysis is that the biogerontologists may be inadvertently undermining their own legitimacy ...School of Public Health awarded $30 million to develop and introduce pneumococcal vaccine
...for the developing world. "Pneumococcal infections threaten tens of millions of children throughout the world. Better vaccines and better access to vaccines could save their lives. The School and its partners are committed to this effort," said Alfred Sommer, MD, MHS, dean of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg Schoo...A global 'catastrophe' -- coal fires threaten environment, human health
... that many more are still burning. Coal fires now threaten some of Indonesia's national parks and a nature preserve that is being used as a reintroduction site for the endangered orangutan, according to Whitehouse. "What went up in smoke in Indonesia makes it one of the worst polluters in the world," Whiteho...Leatherback sea turtles careening towards extinction
...itation of eggs and destruction of nesting habitat threaten them during their short time on land. The task of reversing the decline of Pacific leatherbacks is daunting because they nest in four different countries, range through territorial seas of many nations, and ply international waters where protection i...Ecowar looming with sunken wartime wrecks
...en if a slick does not reach shore, it could still threaten marine species including dolphins, sea turtles and pelagic fish, says Gilbert. Disturbingly, the National Park authority responsible for the Great Barrier Reef admits it has no knowledge of the tanker or the nature of the threat it might pose. Gilber...Rainforests at risk: Where theres smoke, theres even more fire
...m thats allowing unintended and unchecked fires to threaten vast regions of ecologically vital terrain. Intentional deforestation in rainforests has gained much attention, but in a report in the Feb. 27 edition of the British science journal Nature, a Michigan State University researcher discovers that be...System failure to blame for Walkerton, North Battleford outbreaks, says U of T study
...l be concerned about this because these issues can threaten our collective quality of life."...